On Apr 19, 12:29*pm, Marissa Payton wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Bob" wrote in message

Thank our government for controlling our lives down to what light bulbs
we use in our homes. *It won't be long before there will be no
incandescent bulbs to be bought.
Bob-tx

Thank the voters that keep electing these morons again and again. *Think
about that before you pull the lever in November.

* * I will and I will vote for the one who is working to conserver energy
and our environment.

Do you think that mandating light bulbs containing MERCURY helps the
environment? *Sure, a few people might even attempt to dispose of them
'properly' (whatever happens to them then), but most won't even do that.

I use 100 W light bulbs in a shed, in the garage, and a few places in the
basement where they might be on a few hours per year. *The energy savings from
replacing these with the Mercury bulbs are nil, but the environment damage
from producing/handling/disposing Mercury will be the same as bulbs that go
anywhere else. *The Congresspeople really didn't think this out to thoroughly
(shocking, I know) but I guess it "feels" better to mandate this nonsense for
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Did you know to operate a 100w incandesant bulb, a coal plant releases
twice as much Mercury to generate that 100 watts over the lifetime of
the bulb, than a cfl contains? Thats airborn from the coal plant you
breathe everyday. The Mercury is miniscule in amount. I guess
incandesant bulb manufacturers like to point out the bulb part, but
not the coal burning part.